Foo Fighters rock Southern California pizza joint

The Foo Fighters played a warm-up gig for some upcoming shows in Mexico City at a Southern California pizza joint earlier this week.

Wonder if their surroundings prompted them to play their "cheesiest" songs ...

Thanks. I'll be here all week.

According to RollingStone.com, the Foos crowded onto the compact stage at Rock & Roll Pizza in Moorpark, California, and rocked a 23-song set, including "Learn to Fly," "White Limo," and "Arlandria," which are featured in a pretty decent fan-shot video clip. The website reported the place was small enough that Taylor Hawkins didn't need to mic his drums, and Grohl sang and played guitar mere inches from fans.

The band is playing Wednesday and Friday nights at Foro Sol in Mexico City, which will be the band's first big shows since Grohl announced in September of 2012 that the group would be taking a break.

Predictably, workaholic Grohl and his mates didn't break for long. Guitarist Chris Shiflett -- formerly of San Jose's No Use For a Name -- told Rolling Stone in August that the Foos were rehearsing material for a new album they'll start recording in 2014. "It was a very short hiatus," Shiflett said.